30 SEPT.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1523

Extensions of Commissions

Air Commodore Sidney WALLINGFORD, C.B., C.B.E., i.d.c., p.s.a. (70003), is granted an extension to his present commission for a period of two years. Dated 12 July 1951.

Air Commodore Sidney WALLINGFORD, C.B., C.B.E., i.d.c., p.s.a. (70003), is granted an extension to his present commission for the period 13 July 1953 to 12 January 1954 inclusive.

Flight Lieutenant John Arthur HOULTON, D.F.C. (75069), is granted an extension to his present commission for a period of two years. Dated 9 June 1954.

Flying Officer Gordon Thomas SODEN (71517) is granted an extension to his present commission for a period of two years. Dated 18 June 1955.

Transfer to Retired List

Air Commodore Sidney WALLINGFORD, C.B., C.B.E., i.d.c., p.s.a. (70003), is transferred to the Retired List “A”. Dated 13 January 1954.

Cancellation of Commission

The commission of Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.) William Michael AMOS (327681) is cancelled. Dated 11 August 1954.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Secretarial Division

Keith Ian Don RANKIN (77759) is granted a permanent commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch (Secretarial Division) with the rank of Pilot Officer and with seniority as from date of appointment. Dated 6 September 1954.

Resignation of Commission

Special Duties Division

Squadron Leader Leslie Colin Woods, M.A. D.Sc., B.E., Ph.D., A.F.R.Ae.S. (74239), resigns his commission. Dated 2 February 1954.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Appointments

William Henry ROGERS (77757) is granted a short service commission in the Education Branch for a period of five years with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from date of appointment, to be followed by four years on the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 31 August 1954.

Transfer and Appointment

Flying Officer Courtney James ALLPRESS (77758) is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers with his present rank and with seniority as from 6 September 1952, and is granted a short service commission in the Education Branch for a period of three years, to be followed by four years on the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 6 September 1954.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Extension of Commission

Section Officer Irene Margaret WILLIAMS (74757), is granted an extension to her present commission for a period of two years. Dated 18 June 1954.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Appointment

Desmond Charles PRICE, B.A. is granted a commission for a period of four years with the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) Dated 21 July 1954.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

Flying Officer Albert Frederick McCOOK (130717) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years. Dated 19 August 1954.

Flying Officer Kenneth Hilton KERSLEY (130829) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years. Dated 12 August 1954.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of September 1954.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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Member of the Dairy Cattle Breeding Committee Appointed

(Notice No. Ag. 5737)

PURSUANT to regulation 7 (2) of the Artificial Insemination of Dairy Cattle Regulations 1952, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints

John Francis Filmer, Esquire, D.V.Sc.,

being a veterinary surgeon in the employment of the Department of Agriculture, to be a member of the Dairy Cattle Breeding Committee established under the said regulations, vice John Parry James, Esquire, resigned.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 1954.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 66/1/12)

Port Conciliation Committee No. 2 For the Port of Wellington

Appointed

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons to be the Port Conciliation Committee No. 2 for the Port of Wellington for a term expiring on 31 August 1955.

Frank Leslie Hunt, Chairman; and

George Edward Breeze, Deputy Chairman; and

Francis Aloysius Conlon, William Alexander McGarry, and Sydney Allan Scotland (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association Incorporated), and George Jones (nominated by Wellington Harbour Board); and

Adam Dixon Ayr, Richard Boswell Murphy, Gamble Leo Roelants, and Jack Williams (nominated by the Wellington Maritime Cargo Workers’ (Permanent) Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 1954.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

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Appointment of Commissioner of the High Court of the Cook Islands

PURSUANT to the Cook Islands Act 1915, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ringiao Manarangi

to be a Commissioner of the High Court of the Cook Islands, with effect from the 20th day of July 1954.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 1954.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Island Territories.

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Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers Under the Child Welfare Act 1925

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, the Minister of Education hereby appoints

Name District
Lithgow, Henry George .... .... .... Waihi.
Le Roy, Albert Edward .... .... .... Waiheke Island.
Kibblewhite, Bruce Melville .... .... .... Auckland.
Lovelock, George Robert .... .... .... Marton.
Crampton, Reverend Father Gerald F. .... .... Nelson.

to be Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31 March 1955.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of September 1954.

HILDA ROSS, for the Minister of Education.

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Members of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board Appointed

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act 1947, the following persons have been appointed to be members of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board for a period of three years as on and from the 1st day of October 1954:

Nominated by Provincial Patriotic Councils—

John Hector Luxford, Esquire, C.M.G., of Auckland.
Alfred John Henry Jeavons, Esquire, of Dunedin.
Roderick Alistair Macdonell Braithwaite, Esquire, of Hamilton.
Albert Richard Elcock, Esquire, M.B.E., of Hokitika.
Edward John Harvey, Esquire, of Blenheim.
William Leslie McKinnon, Esquire, of Whangarei.
Prentice Arthur Kusabs, Esquire, of Rotorua.
Robert Lachlan Macalister, Esquire, of Wellington.
William Smith MacGibbon, Esquire, of Christchurch.
Edgar Rollo Neale, Esquire, O.B.E., M.P., of Nelson.
Irvine James Quigley, Esquire, of Gisborne.
Ernest Ronald Spriggs, Esquire, of Napier.
Walter Frederick Sturman, Esquire, M.B.E., of Invercargill.
Percy Thomson, Esquire, M.B.E., of New Plymouth.

Nominated by the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association (Incorporated)—

Clifford Oswald Bell, Esquire, O.B.E., of Wellington.
Kenneth Wharton Fraser, Esquire, O.B.E., of Wellington.
Major-General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., E.D., of Wellington.

Nominated by the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Association (Incorporated)—

John Nigel Wilson, Esquire, of Auckland.

Nominated by the New Zealand Home Servicemen’s Association (Incorporated)—

Stanley Benjamin Butler, Esquire, of Dunedin.
Douglas Hamilton Hume, Esquire, of Wellington.
Keith Mills, Esquire, of Auckland.

Nominated by the Air Force Association (Incorporated)—

Alexander John Mackay Manson, Esquire, of Wellington.